CVE-2015-8777
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 20, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 19, 2016
Description
The process_envvars function in elf/rtld.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows local users to bypass a pointer-guarding protection mechanism via a zero value of the LD_POINTER_GUARD environment variable.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- SUSE-SU-2016:0471vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:1916vendor-advisory
- http://hmarco.org/bugs/glibc_ptr_mangle_weakness.html
- SUSE-SU-2016:0470vendor-advisory
- USN-2985-2vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20160119 Re: CVE assignment request for security bugs fixed in glibc 2.23mailing-list
- GLSA-201702-11vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:0472vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:0473vendor-advisory
- 81469vdb-entry
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18928
- FEDORA-2016-0480defc94vendor-advisory
- DSA-3480vendor-advisory
- USN-2985-1vendor-advisory
- 1034811vdb-entry
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